Classic Shakespeare

Great Lakes Theater presents one of Shakespeare's most popular plays this March. Having pleased audiences for centuries with its classic hi-jinx, romance and mistaken identity, The Taming Of The Shrew has inspired many a opera, ballet and musical, the most famous being Cole Porter's infamous and beloved Kiss Me Kate.

What is The Taming Of The Shrew about?

Hortensio, Gremio and Lucentio are all after the lovely Bianca, however there is someone in their way, her waspish sister Katherina (Kate). Forbidden to marry before her older sister, Bianca and her suiters come a cropper, that is until the fortune-hunting Petruchio takes on the challenge of wooing and taming the wild Kate. A battle of the sexes and wits ensues as Petruchio and Kate go head-to-head in the war of love...